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Scooter Company Agrees to Address Dumping in the Bay
Last month, Baykeeper’s pollution hotline received a tip that two Lime scooters had been dumped in San Francisco Bay and left to decay. After several days of waiting in vain for the company to remove...
Dredging Doesn’t Have to Kill Endangered Wildlife
If you’ve spent time on San Francisco Bay you’ve probably seen dredging in action in the form of large barges scooping up mud from the Bay floor. Dredgers perform an essential function: they clear...
National Geographic Partners with Baykeeper to Investigate Plastic in SF Bay
Baykeeper recently hosted two National Geographic researchers aboard the Baykeeper boat for two days of collecting samples of plastic pollution in San Francisco Bay. The data from the samples will be...
Baykeeper on Patrol: July 2018 Update
On a boat patrol near San Francisco, Baykeeper staff noticed a large recycling facility with trash lining the fences near the shoreline—only a wind gust away from releasing Styrofoam packing...
Water Districts Move to Support the Harmful Delta Tunnels
Two major water districts, in Southern California and Silicon Valley, recently voted to help pay for the proposed Delta Tunnels project—despite the fact that the project will harm San Francisco...
Fighting Coal Pollution in the Bay
Baykeeper is heading back to court to prevent coal pollution in San Francisco Bay. We're filing a court appeal in support of Oakland's ban on coal storage and handling. A US District...
Baykeeper Unites with Worldwide Clean Water Activists
Clean water activists from across the nation and around the world shared success stories and grappled with challenges at the recent Waterkeeper Alliance Conference—including a team of staff from San...
One Step Closer to Ridding the Bay of Toxic Sediment
Identifying toxic contaminants in San Francisco Bay is the first step toward getting them cleaned up. So when regulators tried to weaken testing for contaminated sediment in the Bay, San...
Protecting Wildlife and Public Access on Treasure Island
A private luxury marina proposed for development in Clipper Cove at Treasure Island will be drastically scaled back in a big victory for San Francisco Bay. Baykeeper, Save Clipper Cove, and other...
East Bay Plastics Recycler Agrees to Stop Polluting San Leandro Creek
In Baykeeper’s 44th Bay-Safe Industry win, Containers Unlimited has agreed to stop pollution of San Francisco Bay from its Oakland recycling facility. Baykeeper’s investigation found that the...
Baykeeper on Patrol: June 2018 Update
Baykeeper was out on boat patrol in central San Francisco Bay when we encountered some suspicious foam being discharged from a large tanker ship. Shown here, at right, is Baykeeper Field...
Press Release: EPA Ignores Petition to Review Illegally Issued Refinery Permit to Pollute
Rodeo Refinery Air Permit Issued with No Public Input For immediate release, May 21, 2018 Contacts: Camille Stough, Communities for a Better Environment, (510) 302-0430 x16, cstough@...